Good series! Book 3 is a little bit of a slog and not as good as the previous two, but still really good overall
What are you reading this year 2020?
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Good series! Book 3 is a little bit of a slog and not as good as the previous two, but still really good overall
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
Sacrosanct
Legend
Been on my list for a while, just never got around to it. But for Christmas, my partner got me all of the Jim Butcher books. So that's my 2020 reading list 
trappedslider
Legend
Got done reading the two following books:
Empire of Lies (also called The ottoman Secret in the UK) by Raymond Khoury
It was an interesting take on time travel,along with a nicely done world building at least in some aspects, things that happened in our time still happened there,but no word is given how or who was involved.
The other book is The Future Will Be BS Free by Will McIntosh
It was good decent enough YA.
Empire of Lies (also called The ottoman Secret in the UK) by Raymond Khoury
Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire, when a mysterious visitor arrives in his bedroom―naked, covered in strange tattoos―to deliver a dangerous, world-changing message.
Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for three hundred years, ever since its fall―along with all of Europe―to the empire’s all-conquering army. Notre Dame has been renamed the Fatih Mosque. Public spaces are segregated by gender. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultan’s secret police, is starting to question his orders.
Rumors of an impending war with the Christian Republic of America, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire. Tasked with surveying potential threats, Kamal has a heavy caseload―and conscience.
When a mysterious stranger―naked, covered in strange tattoos―appears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empire’s past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence.
With the mysterious Z Protectorate one step behind, Kamal, together with Nisreen―a fierce human rights lawyer―is caught up in a race across the empire and time itself―a race that could change their world, or destroy it.
Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for three hundred years, ever since its fall―along with all of Europe―to the empire’s all-conquering army. Notre Dame has been renamed the Fatih Mosque. Public spaces are segregated by gender. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultan’s secret police, is starting to question his orders.
Rumors of an impending war with the Christian Republic of America, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire. Tasked with surveying potential threats, Kamal has a heavy caseload―and conscience.
When a mysterious stranger―naked, covered in strange tattoos―appears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empire’s past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence.
With the mysterious Z Protectorate one step behind, Kamal, together with Nisreen―a fierce human rights lawyer―is caught up in a race across the empire and time itself―a race that could change their world, or destroy it.
The other book is The Future Will Be BS Free by Will McIntosh
In a Putin-esque near-future America, the gifted and talented high school has just been eliminated, and Sam and his friends have been using their unexpected free time to work on a tiny, undetectable, utterly reliable lie detector. They're all in it for the money--except Theo, their visionary. For Theo, it's about creating a better world. A BS-free world, where no one can lie, and the honest will thrive.
Just when they finish the prototype and turn down an offer to sell their brainchild to a huge corporation, Theo is found dead. Greedy companies, corrupt privatized police, and even the president herself will stop at nothing to steal the Truth App. Sam sets his sights on exposing all lies and holding everyone accountable.
But he and his friends quickly realize the costs of a BS-free world: the lives of loved ones, and political and economic stability. They now face a difficult question: Is the world capable of operating without lies, or are lies what hold it together?
Just when they finish the prototype and turn down an offer to sell their brainchild to a huge corporation, Theo is found dead. Greedy companies, corrupt privatized police, and even the president herself will stop at nothing to steal the Truth App. Sam sets his sights on exposing all lies and holding everyone accountable.
But he and his friends quickly realize the costs of a BS-free world: the lives of loved ones, and political and economic stability. They now face a difficult question: Is the world capable of operating without lies, or are lies what hold it together?
RangerWickett
Legend
So far I've re-read some Ms Marvel comics, and a Legend of the Five Rings novella. I've got a few Christmas gift books to read, including A Darker Shade of Magic.
Scott Christian
Hero
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.
RangerWickett
Legend
How is that? I almost impulse bought it for the cover, but decided to save my money.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
Around the middle of the series, the pace of the books slows to a complete crawl. It picks back up at the last book before Robert Jordan's death and the pace only gets faster from there. But after thousands of pages spent spinning wheels, it still felt bittersweet to me.
